School of Art

On March 5, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an honor society of the country’s 300 leading architects, artists, composers, and writers, announced 29 new members and four honorary members, including painter and CalArts alum Mark Bradford (Art BFA 95, MFA 97). Also among its newly...

East of Borneo (EoB), the online magazine of West Coast contemporary art and its history, published by the CalArts School of Art, currently features an interview with Graphic Design faculty Michael Worthington and CalArts alumni about the CalArts Poster Archive exhibition Inside Out & Upside...

The CalArts Center for Integrated Media’s (CIM) online curatorial initiative, archive, and virtual studio viralnet-v4.net launches its 2021 edition with three new projects: a podcast series titled Now|Swerve, hosted by director of the Program in Art and Technology and CIM director Tom Leeser...

On Tuesday, March 2, the Visualizing Abolition series from UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts & Sciences presents writer, artist, and CalArts Art faculty Ashley Hunt in conversation with members of the Underground Scholars Initiative: MJ Hart, Joshua Solis, Alberto Lule, Ryan Flaco Rising,...

Kenneth Yuen (pictured) with Casey Baden founded Full Service Creative. | Courtesy Full Service Creative. “We want to solve artists’ problems,” explains Kenneth Yuen (Art MFA 20), who with Casey Baden (Art MFA 20) recently co-founded Full Service Creative. Having...

Artist and CalArts faculty Cauleen Smith’s film, video, and sculpture exhibition Give It Or Leave It is currently installed at LACMA, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, the museum is closed. One of the only ways the public has been able to experience Smith’s show is through the...

This month, the Criterion Channel is featuring a collection of short films by CalArts alum and Ghanaian American filmmaker Akosua Adoma Owusu (Art, Film/Video MFA 08). A Criterion Channel exclusive interview with the artist was also recently made available as part of the collection.  Among...